KARYES, Greece – Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the northern Greek peninsula of Mount Athos, on a visit to the autonomous Orthodox Christian monastic community here. Putin flew from ...

2006-10-08 04:00:00 PDT Mount Athos, Greece-- Welcome to the Monastic Republic of Holy Mount Athos. Please set your calendar back a thousand years. Clocks here run on Byzantine time, which starts at ...

The undersea quake had a depth of just 12.5 kilometres (7.7 miles) and struck northwest of the enclave's administrative capital of Karyes. A 5.3-magnitude earthquake on Saturday rocked the Greek ...

"I am here for a second time, and I always feel special warmth, goodness and best attitude not only to me as the head of the Russian state, but to the Russian people, to people in general," Putin said ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — Brother Job twists and jiggles the big brass key and eases open the charnel house door. My eyes struggle in the dimness, and I blink in disbelief, confirming what I think I’m ...

Plans for the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of integration of Holy Mount Athos to Greece were very promising, reports Romphea; however, it will all end in no more than a visit to Mt. Athos by ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece - Greek police say a man who posed for years as a novice monk has been identified as a fugitive civil servant sentenced to three life terms in prison for fraud. A police statement ...

EPA / Vostock-Photo On May 28, 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Mount Athos, one of Orthodox Christianity's holiest sites, during his official trip to Greece. It doesn’t happen very often ...

Mr Putin (centre) met the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopouos (in striped tie) during his trip to Mount Athos Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the monasteries at Mount Athos, in northern ...

The fighting happened at the Esphigmenou group's representative office in the town of Karyes in Mt Athos. Rebel abbot Methodius told the Associated Press news agency that his monks had been provoked.